Rafa rues Garcia blow

Luis Garcia will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament during Tuesday's Carling Cup defeat to Arsenal. Rafa Benitez says his absence is a big disruption to his plans.

"One of the things we were trying to avoid on Tuesday was losing players, and especially Luis because he's a player who can change games. He scores very good goals in Europe and it's a big loss for us," said Benitez on his countryman.